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Rites of passage : aboriginal youth, crime, and justice
- Title
- Rites of passage : aboriginal youth, crime, and justice / Quentin Beresford, Paul Omaji.
- Author
- Beresford, Quentin, 1954-
- Publication
- South Fremantle, Western Australia : Freemantle Arts Centre Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Omaji, Paul.
- Description
- 200 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- Demonstrates the forces which lead to disadvantage, marginalisation and stereotyping of Aboriginal young people, which can predispose them to a life of crime and hostility to society; discusses marginalisation of Aboriginal youth; intervention and other responses to marginalisation.
- Subject
- Youth, Aboriginal Australian > Social conditions
- Aboriginal Australians > Criminal justice system
- Juvenile delinquency > Australia
- Juvenile justice, Administration of > Australia
- Juvenile delinquency
- Social justice
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Social Justice
- Education
- Law enforcement > Police-youth relations
- Crime > Diversion strategies
- Family
- Child welfare > Youth services
- Race relations > Racial discrimination
- Law enforcement > Juvenile detention centres
- Law > Legal system
- Crime > Recidivism
- Crime - Crime and imprisonment statistics
- Law enforcement > Criminal law and procedure > Juvenile justice
- Law enforcement > Police conduct and attitudes
- Social justice
- Aboriginal Australians > Criminal justice system
- Juvenile delinquency
- Juvenile justice, Administration of
- Jugendkriminalität
- Jugendstrafvollzug
- Roebourne (WA West Pilbara SF50-03)
- Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06)
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder (SE WA Goldfields SH51-09)
- Laverton (SE WA Goldfields SH51-02)
- Wiluna (Little Sandy Desert WA SG51-09)
- Carnarvon (WA South Pilbara > Gascoyne SG49-04)
- Clontarf (SW WA SH50-14)
- Geraldton > Champion Bay (SW WA SH50-01)
- Yirramagadu > Roebourne (WA West Pilbara SF50-03)
- Wupipi > Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06)
- Australia
- Australien
- Aborigines
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. The Issues -- 2. `Parents are suffering from being taken away' : Family Life and Juvenile Crime -- 3. 'Schools are not catering for Aboriginal kids' : Education and Aboriginal Youth -- 4. 'Ducking for cover' : Relations Between Police and Aboriginal Youth -- 5. `Our kids are on a treadmill' : Aboriginal Young People and the Courts -- 6. `Nothing is happening for Aboriginal kids' : Life on the Margins -- 7. `Give kids a chance' : Responding to the Marginalisation of Aboriginal Youth -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 186368137X
- 9781863681377
- LCCN
- 96127418
- OCLC
- ocm34660820
- 34660820
- SCSB-350587
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library